Libertarian Chair Phones RFK Jr To Offer Nomination
After confirming that Kennedy was a member of the Libertarian Party and had filed the necessary paperwork, there was the small matter if Kennedy would even accept the nomination should he win the vote. No one knew as Kennedy wasn't in the room. So the Party Chair phoned him from the podium. Kennedy hesitated, as he probably wasn't programmed yet to respond to that question. In the end, he did accept, and called the nomination "a great honor." Libertarians chose Chase Oliver instead, the former Democrat/Independent and now Libertarian.
This bit of farce didn't matter much either, as Kennedy would secure just 19 votes from the 991 cast (or about 2%).
Source: Mediaite
The Libertarian National Convention briefly ground to a halt Sunday as Party Chair Angela McArdle phoned Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the podium to tell him he had been nominated for consideration as the Party’s presidential candidate.
After confirming that Kennedy was a member of the Libertarian Party and that he had filed the proper paperwork, McArdle asked the delegates, “Does he accept the nomination?”
A man in a Kennedy T-shirt answered, “We have confirmation that he does.”
However, McArdle wanted to hear those words from Kennedy himself.
“Do you want me to call him and ask him if he accepts the nomination?” McArdle asked and received a resounding, “Yes!” from the delegates.